Patents Examined by Premal R Patel
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Patent number: 11625945Abstract: A sensor assembly includes a cover layer and a first sensor apparatus. The cover layer is molded from a first material to have a planar surface and non-uniform thickness, where a thickness of the first material at a first region of the cover layer is less than a thickness of the first material surrounding the first region. The first sensor apparatus is disposed beneath the planar surface of the cover layer, within the first region. The first sensor apparatus is configured to transmit and receive first capacitive sensing signals through a portion of the planar surface coinciding with the first region. For example, the first sensor apparatus may be a fingerprint sensor configured to detect a fingerprint on the portion of the planar surface coinciding with the first region based on changes in the first capacitive sensing signals.Type: GrantFiled: June 23, 2020Date of Patent: April 11, 2023Assignee: Synaptics IncorporatedInventors: Yeh-Cheng Tan, Shengmin Wen
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Patent number: 11620852Abstract: A method for detecting spoof fingerprints with an under-display fingerprint sensor includes illuminating, with incident light emitted from a display, a target region of a fingerprint sample disposed on a top surface of the display; detecting a first scattered signal from the fingerprint sample with a first image sensor region of an image sensor located beneath the display, the first image sensor region not directly beneath the target region, the first scattered signal including a first portion of the incident light scattered by the target region; determining a scattered light distribution based at least in part on the first scattered signal; and identifying spoof fingerprints based at least in part on the scattered light distribution.Type: GrantFiled: September 8, 2021Date of Patent: April 4, 2023Assignee: OmniVision Technologies, Inc.Inventor: Paul Wickboldt
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Patent number: 11599152Abstract: An electronic device having a bended display and a method for controlling the same. The electronic device includes a front display area and at least two separate side display areas that are physically connected with at least one side of the front display area and form a convex curved surface in at least one space between the front and the rear of the electronic device. The electronic device also includes and a non-display area that physically connects at least two side display areas of the at least two separate side display areas and forms a convex double curvature surface in at least another space between the front and the rear of the electronic device. The at least two physically connected side display areas may be bent in directions so that an acute angle, a right angle or an obtuse angle is formed.Type: GrantFiled: August 26, 2020Date of Patent: March 7, 2023Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hyunwoo Sim, Yonghwa Kim, Junghoon Park, Jungchul An, Seungbum Choi, Dongil Son
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Patent number: 11600107Abstract: One or more sensors of an electronic device detect a geometric form factor of the electronic device. A fingerprint sensor situated beneath a first display of the electronic device receives fingerprint data. One or more processors authenticate an authorized user of the electronic device using the fingerprint data with one or more processors. The one or more processors select between the first display and a second display of the electronic device as a function of the geometric form factor and unlock the selected display in response to authenticating the authorized user of the electronic device.Type: GrantFiled: March 3, 2022Date of Patent: March 7, 2023Assignee: Motorola Mobility LLCInventors: Caio Luiz Leal Chagas do Nascimento, Amit Kumar Agrawal, Mahadevan Ayalur
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Patent number: 11600117Abstract: A gesture recognition system and a gesture recognition method are provided. The gesture recognition system includes a fingerprint sensor and a processing circuit. The processing circuit obtains a first fingerprint image and a second fingerprint image through the fingerprint sensor. The processing circuit obtains a plurality of first coordinate parameters of a plurality of first coordinate points in the first fingerprint image, and obtains a plurality of second coordinate parameters of a plurality of second coordinate points in the second fingerprint image. The first coordinate points of the first fingerprint image and the second coordinate points of the second fingerprint image respectively have a plurality of grayscale values corresponding to each other. The processing circuit determines a gesture operation according to the first coordinate parameters and the second coordinate parameters.Type: GrantFiled: October 29, 2020Date of Patent: March 7, 2023Assignee: Egis Technology Inc.Inventors: Chao-Yi Yeh, Kuan-Yi Lin
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Patent number: 11594179Abstract: A pixel circuit includes a light-emitting element, a first transistor, a second transistor operating based on a first gate signal, a third transistor operating based on a second gate signal, a fourth transistor operating based on an initialization control signal, a fifth transistor operating based on an emission control signal, a sixth transistor operating based on the emission control signal, a seventh transistor, of which one terminal is connected to the light-emitting element, operating based on a bias control signal, an eighth transistor, of which one terminal is connected to the driving transistor, operating based on the bias control signal, a storage capacitor, and the light-emitting element. The circuit performs a display-scan operation where a driving time of a panel driving frame is a predetermined duration, and performs a display-scan operation and a self-scan operation where the driving time is longer than the predetermined duration.Type: GrantFiled: March 1, 2022Date of Patent: February 28, 2023Inventors: Seong Min Wang, Jihye Kong, Yongho Yang, Jeong-Soo Lee
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Patent number: 11594061Abstract: A display device includes a display panel, a metal plate disposed on a bottom surface of the display panel and configured to support the display panel, a filling member disposed on the bottom surface of the display panel, the filling member being disposed on the same level as the metal plate relative to the bottom surface of the display panel, and a material of the metal plate being different from a material of the filling member, a fingerprint sensor disposed on a bottom surface of the filling member, and a member-sensor bonding member disposed between the fingerprint sensor and the filling member to bond the fingerprint sensor to the filling member. A hardness of the filling member is greater than a hardness of the member-sensor bonding member.Type: GrantFiled: August 17, 2021Date of Patent: February 28, 2023Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.Inventors: Jae Hyung Jo, Ji Hun Ryu, Kwang Hyun Baek, Jong In Baek, Su Yul Seo, Sung Ho Jin
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Patent number: 11580907Abstract: An electroluminescent device includes a light-emitting element, a drive transistor that supplies a driving current corresponding to a gradation voltage to the light-emitting element, a first conductive layer that is electrically connected to a gate of the drive transistor, and a second conductive layer that is supplied a fixed potential and that is disposed on a same layer as the first conductive layer. The first conductive layer and the second conductive layer are disposed apart and electrically insulated from one another, and in plan view, the first conductive layer is surrounded by the second conductive layer.Type: GrantFiled: October 20, 2021Date of Patent: February 14, 2023Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATIONInventors: Hitoshi Ota, Ryoichi Nozawa
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Patent number: 11580786Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an updating method for configuration parameters of an electronic device, a device and a computer-readable medium, wherein the updating method includes: acquiring fingerprint information collected by a fingerprint sensor at the electronic device; determining whether the fingerprint information is collected in a trusted mode; acquiring, in response to determining that the fingerprint information is collected in the trusted mode, a target configuration parameter of the electronic device for anti-spoofing detection according to the fingerprint information; and updating, in response to that the target configuration parameter of the electronic device and/or a current configuration parameter of the electronic device satisfies a preset condition, the current configuration parameter of the electronic device based on the target configuration parameter of the electronic device, wherein the current configuration parameter is used by the electronic device for anti-spoofing detection of aType: GrantFiled: August 27, 2021Date of Patent: February 14, 2023Assignee: Egis Technology Inc.Inventors: Yuan-Lin Chiang, Yu-Chun Cheng
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Patent number: 11580776Abstract: An under-screen fingerprint sensing device and fingerprint sensing method are provided. The under-screen fingerprint sensing device includes a fingerprint sensor and a processor. The processor performs a first FFC on a first color original value, a second color original value, and a third color original value provided by the fingerprint sensor to determine whether a target object is a real finger. When the processor determines that the target object is an unreal finger, the processor performs a second FFC on the first color original value, the second color original value, and the third color original value to determine again whether the target object is the real finger.Type: GrantFiled: March 1, 2022Date of Patent: February 14, 2023Assignee: Egis Technology Inc.Inventors: Kuan-Yi Lin, Chen Yang, Po-Chiang Hsieh, Pei-Shan Liu
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Patent number: 11574589Abstract: Disclosed are a driving circuit for a display panel, a display module, a compensation method of the display module, and a display device. According to the present disclosure, a TCON circuit board provided with a plurality of sets of reference voltage outputs is used to independently input a reference voltage to each driver chip through a corresponding set of reference voltage input lines, that is, each driver chip receives an independent reference voltage signal, in this way, the reference voltages output by the TCON circuit board corresponding to each driver chip can be adjusted, the reference voltages received by all driver chips are made to be the same voltages.Type: GrantFiled: October 21, 2021Date of Patent: February 7, 2023Assignees: Chengdu BOE Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd., BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yong Yu, Zhenwen Hu, Wenhong Liu, Chang Zhang
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Patent number: 11574497Abstract: A fingerprint sensor and a display device include a substrate. A circuit element layer is disposed on a first surface of the substrate and includes a semiconductor layer, conductive layers and at least one opening portion. A light emitting element layer is disposed on the circuit element layer and includes at least one light emitting element. A sensor layer is disposed on a second surface of the substrate and includes at least one light sensor corresponding to the opening portion. The opening portion is defined by non-overlapping of the semiconductor layer and the conductive layers, the opening portion has a closed loop shape in plan view, and at least a portion of the closed loop shape includes a curve, or an internal angle of the at least a portion of the closed loop shape is an obtuse angle.Type: GrantFiled: November 22, 2021Date of Patent: February 7, 2023Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.Inventors: Sun Hwa Lee, Ki June Lee, Mu Kyung Jeon
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Patent number: 11573625Abstract: Concepts and technologies disclosed herein are directed to pictograms as digitally recognizable tangible controls. According to one aspect disclosed herein, a user system can include a processing component and a memory component. The memory component can include instructions of a pictogram digitization module. The user system can capture, via a camera component, an image containing a pictogram that is a digitally recognizable tangible manifestation of a digital control. The user system can determine, via the pictogram digitization module, the digital control associated with the pictogram. The user system can implement, via the pictogram digitization module, the digital control. The digital control can include a digital content, an action, or a context. The user system can create, via the pictogram digitization module, a digital interface that includes the digital control. In some embodiments, the pictogram includes a formal pictogram. In other embodiments, the pictogram includes an informal pictogram.Type: GrantFiled: June 28, 2021Date of Patent: February 7, 2023Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.Inventors: Ryan Schaub, Barrett Kreiner
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Patent number: 11574609Abstract: A display device and data driver are provided. The display device includes a plurality of data drivers provided for a predetermined number of data lines in a plurality of data lines. The plurality of data drivers receive the serialized video data signal from the display controller, generate a modulated data timing signal whose period changes within the one frame period, and supply a gradation voltage signal to each of the predetermined number of data lines for each of data periods based on a data timing of the modulated data timing signal, each of data periods corresponding to the data timing of the modulated data timing signal.Type: GrantFiled: December 22, 2021Date of Patent: February 7, 2023Assignee: LAPIS Semiconductor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hiroshi Tsuchi, Koji Higuchi
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Patent number: 11563060Abstract: A pixel arrangement structure, a display substrate, and a display device. The pixel arrangement structure comprises pixel groups (10) extending in a first direction and arranged in a second direction, and each pixel group (10) comprises a first sub-pixel row (100), a second sub-pixel row (200), and a third sub-pixel row (300). The first sub-pixel row (100) comprises a plurality of first sub-pixels (110), the second sub-pixel row (200) comprises a plurality of second sub-pixel pairs (210), and the third sub-pixel row (300) comprises a plurality of third sub-pixels (310). The pitches of the plurality of first sub-pixels (110), the plurality of second sub-pixel pairs (210), and the plurality of third sub-pixels (310) in the first direction are same.Type: GrantFiled: November 3, 2021Date of Patent: January 24, 2023Assignee: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.Inventors: Wenjing Tan, Lujiang Huangfu, Hongli Wang, Hui Zhao
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Patent number: 11551599Abstract: A display device includes a display area including a first pixel area, in which pixels including subpixels of a first arrangement structure are disposed, and a second pixel area, in which pixels including subpixels of a second arrangement structure are disposed, a panel driver which provides a driving signal to the display area, and a data processor which converts first image data to second image data, where the first image data corresponds to the boundary subpixel of a first boundary pixel located adjacent to the second pixel area, among the pixels of the first pixel area, and the boundary subpixel of a second boundary pixel adjacent to the first boundary pixel, among the pixels of the second pixel area. The data processor determines the boundary subpixels of the first and second boundary pixels based on boundary types indicating positional relationships between the first and second boundary pixels.Type: GrantFiled: June 9, 2021Date of Patent: January 10, 2023Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.Inventors: Bit Na Lee, Jeong Kyoo Kim, Myung Woo Lee
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Patent number: 11550888Abstract: In some examples, a computing device may display a user interface (UI) to configure a multiple print unlock. The UI may determine a first plurality of prints placed on a touchscreen. Individual prints of the first plurality of prints may include a thumb print or a fingerprint. After the computing device has been inactive for a predetermined amount of time, the UI may lock the computing device. The UI may determine a second plurality of prints placed on a touchscreen and perform a comparison of the second plurality of prints to the first plurality of prints. If the UI determines that the second plurality of prints matches the first plurality of prints, then the UI may unlock the computing device. If the UI determines that the second plurality of prints does not match the first plurality of prints, then the computing device may remain locked.Type: GrantFiled: November 13, 2019Date of Patent: January 10, 2023Assignee: EMC IP Holding Company LLCInventors: Sathish Kumar Bikumala, Lakshmi Saroja Nalam, Apoorva Sharma
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Patent number: 11550406Abstract: A workstation enables operation of a 2D input device with a 3D interface. A cursor position engine determines the 3D position of a cursor controlled by the 2D input device as the cursor moves within a 3D scene displayed on a 3D display. The cursor position engine determines the 3D position of the cursor for a current frame of the 3D scene based on a current user viewpoint, a current mouse movement, a CD gain value, a Voronoi diagram, and an interpolation algorithm, such as the Laplacian algorithm. A CD gain engine computes CD gain optimized for the 2D input device operating with the 3D interface. The CD gain engine determines the CD gain based on specifications for the 2D input device and the 3D display. The techniques performed by the cursor position engine and the techniques performed by the CD gain engine can be performed separately or in conjunction.Type: GrantFiled: October 14, 2021Date of Patent: January 10, 2023Assignee: AUTODESK, INC.Inventors: Qian Zhou, Fraser Anderson, George Fitzmaurice
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Patent number: 11551470Abstract: A sensing device includes a light-field image sensor and a sensing circuit. The light-field image sensor includes a plurality of subarrays. One of the subarrays corresponds to sensing pixels. The sensing pixels are to capture images of an object on or in proximity to a display panel by sensing lights from different directions. The sensing circuit is to generate a plurality of sub-images of the object according to sensing signals of the sensing pixels and shift each of the sub-images of the object by an off-set to generate an image data.Type: GrantFiled: January 3, 2022Date of Patent: January 10, 2023Assignee: NOVATEK Microelectronics Corp.Inventors: I-Hsiu Chen, Ching-Kuan Chiu
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Patent number: 11544364Abstract: An apparatus may include a processor that may be caused to access handholding information indicating a hand configuration in which the apparatus is being held and compare the handholding information with previously-stored handholding authentication data of an authentic user. The previously-stored handholding authentication data may represent an authentic configuration in which the apparatus is held by the authentic user. The processor may be caused to determine that the apparatus is being held by the authentic user based on the comparison and cause an authenticated action to occur based on the determination.Type: GrantFiled: February 19, 2020Date of Patent: January 3, 2023Assignee: MICRO FOCUS LLCInventors: Douglas Grover, Lloyd L. Burch, Michael F. Angelo